Verification Principle

The verification principle, as proposed by A. J. Ayer, states that something cannot be held to be true until it can be scientifically verified. If something cannot be experienced through the senses, it cannot be verified - so Ayer would argue that God cannot be verified analytically or synthetically - so surely religious language is meaningless?

• Keith Ward attacks this point, saying that just because we can't verify God, it doesn't mean he isn't verifiable:

"If I were God I could verify my own existence."

• However, this relies heavily on the assumption of God in the first place

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